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Dvorák: String Quartets, Vol. 4 / Vogler Quartett
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Dvorák: String Quartets, Vol. 4 / Vogler Quartett

$36.99

Details

Composer
Dvorak, Antonin
Artist
Tim Vogler Quartet
Format
CD
Label
CPO
Released
Nov 19, 2021
Catalog #
555451-2
UPC
761203545124

About

Individuality that unfolds in the common effort – it is here that we are likely to find the secret of the Vogler Quartet, an ensemble that has pursued a unique career with the same membership ever since 1985. “The Vogler Quartet demonstrates that homogeneity, tonal warmth, and rich sonority need not stand in opposition to transparency and clarity. This is congenial performing on a benchmark level!” This is what klassik-heute wrote of the preceding release in our edition of Dvorák’s quartets. We are now presenting Dvorák’s Quartets Nos. 2 and 5 and the Terzett op. 74 on Vol. 4 in this edition with these highly acclaimed interpreters. To paraphrase Hartmut Schick, the author of the most important German-language monograph on Dvorák’s quartets, the formal idea to return to the essential themes of the preceding movements in the finale of a cyclical work in order to form a summation from them at the end played a significant role in Dvorák’s composition of instrumental music in more than one movement. In his last works, such as his ninth symphony, he developed this process to its fullest potential, and it is also a factor in his young Quartet No. 2. In his Quartet No. 5, however, the composer again sought close contact with the Classical quartet tradition. Nevertheless, it is unusual that all four movements of the quartet are in F minor. His Terzett op. 74 is not a four-movement sonata cycle but a freer collection of four character pieces. This was the way that Dvorák stylized Slavic folk music: In the main part he interlocks 2/4 time and 3/4 time in the manner of a furiant. The theme of the A major trio has a second beat with syncopated accentuation and resultant lengthening pointing to closeness to the slow mazurka type. The last movement is formed by a series of variations on a theme invented by Dvorák in the manner of an instrumental recitative and then varied a total of eleven times.

Tracklist 12 tracks

  1. Disc 1
  2. 1 I. Allegro non troppo 12:36
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Allegro non troppo
    Duration
    12:36
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  3. 2 II. Largo 13:37
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Largo
    Duration
    13:37
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  4. 3 III. Allegro con brio 06:35
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Allegro con brio
    Duration
    06:35
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  5. 4 IV. Finale: Andante - Allegro giusto - Allegro con fuoco 16:20
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Andante - Allegro giusto - Allegro con fuoco
    Duration
    16:20
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  6. Disc 2
  7. 1 I. Moderato - Allegro con brio 14:58
    Track
    1
    Title
    I. Moderato - Allegro con brio
    Duration
    14:58
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  8. 2 II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto 06:59
    Track
    2
    Title
    II. Andante con moto quasi allegretto
    Duration
    06:59
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  9. 3 III. Tempo di valse 03:12
    Track
    3
    Title
    III. Tempo di valse
    Duration
    03:12
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  10. 4 IV. Finale: Allegro molto 07:30
    Track
    4
    Title
    IV. Finale: Allegro molto
    Duration
    07:30
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    Vogler Quartett
  11. 5 I. Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo 04:40
    Track
    5
    Title
    I. Introduzione: Allegro ma non troppo
    Duration
    04:40
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    members Vogler String Quartet
  12. 6 II. Larghetto 04:45
    Track
    6
    Title
    II. Larghetto
    Duration
    04:45
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    members Vogler String Quartet
  13. 7 II. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Poco meno mosso 04:54
    Track
    7
    Title
    II. Scherzo: Vivace - Trio: Poco meno mosso
    Duration
    04:54
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    members Vogler String Quartet
  14. 8 IV. Tema con variazioni: Poco adagio - Moderato - Molto allegro 05:41
    Track
    8
    Title
    IV. Tema con variazioni: Poco adagio - Moderato - Molto allegro
    Duration
    05:41
    Composer
    Antonín Dvořák
    Ensemble
    members Vogler String Quartet